Bola Tinubu has revealed what he sacrificed for his party’s presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd).
Tinubu, who was a former Governor of Lagos State, while addressing a crowd of APC supporters at the party’s presidential rally in the state, on Friday revealed that he sacrificed his presidential ambition for Buhari, Punch reports.
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According to him, Nigeria is facing economic crisis as well as internal war and needs someone with Buhari’s experience and reputation of anti-corruption backed by military warfare in tackling the issues.
“People define patriotism as putting the country first but this is what the ‘Poverty Development Party’ refuses to understand. We chose Buhari not because Bola Tinubu is not interested in the Presidency. I am capable, competent, qualified, younger and richer but there comes a time that people must make sacrifices for their nation. I prayed that Nigeria would get better and we would not need a man like him (Buhari). But today, we are in a great crisis; we face a lot of challenges. When South Africa was in a great dilemma and was about to disintegrate, they called Nelson Mandela of 74 years old. He used his wisdom to save his country. When the United States was in economic depression, they called 73-year-old Ronald Reagan because he was frugal and incorruptible. When America was faced with depression and war, they called a retired General, Dwight Eisenhower, to rescue the country and the country was returned on a path of success. When France was faced with war and economic depression, they called a retired General, Charles De Gaul, to rescue the country,” Tinubu said.
The former senator, however, cleared the air that whether Buhari presented a certificate or not, he was still qualified to rule the country.
“So what do we need now? Buhari. This is the time for us. General Buhari, whether you are qualified or not qualified, we are calling you to come and rescue us in Nigeria,” he said.
Speaking also at the campaign rally, Governor Babatunde Fashola, remarked that President Goodluck Jonathan had done nothing for lagosians despite the fact that he got over 1.2 million votes from the state in 2011.
Fashola revealed that every project that the Federal Government was expected to assist the Lagos state government execute was abandoned by the Jonathan-led administration, and urged the people of the state to vote for APC at all levels.
Buhari, who is usually a man few words was the last person to speak at the rally, saying; PDP-led Federal Government failure was unprecedented in the history of Nigeria.
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“We all know what we have gone through in the past 16 years under the PDP. The APC has identified three core problems that must be tackled immediately. First is insecurity, two is the destruction of the economy and three is corruption. But whatever we have to do, we will have to secure Nigeria first. What is happening in the North-East where hundreds of people are being killed is unacceptable. We known that the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army are capable of bringing peace and stability into the country but they just need good leadership,” Buhari said.
Meanwhile, the state chapter of the APC before the campaign came to an end, promised to deliver 85 per cent of the state’s voting population to General Buhari in the February 14 presidential election.
